Renaming record types or record type families

You can rename a record type or a record type family in a schema.

Before you begin

Before you rename a record type or a record type family consider the impact to existing schemas, states, actions, hooks, and queries. For more information, see Naming restrictions.

About this task

Changing the name of a record type or record type family in the Designer does not change the original database table name, only the name visible to users. Also, note that you cannot rename these stateless system record types: ratl_replicas, history, attachments, groups, and users.

Procedure

To rename a record type or a record type family:

Start the Designer.
In the Schema Repository Explorer view, expand the Record Type, Record Type - Stateless, or Record Type Families folder in your schema.
Right-click the record type or record type family and click Rename.
Type a new name (within a schema, each record type and record type family name must be unique) and then press Enter.

Results

After renaming a record type, you might need to update the values specified in any existing hooks or queries if they refer to an older name.